Volume 1

Typographical antiquities; or the history of printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / Begun by the late Joseph Ames, F.R. & A.SS. Considerably augmented by William Herbert, of Cheshunt, Herts; And now greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings; comprehending the history of English literature, and view of the progress of the art of engraving, in Great Britain; by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin.

  • Joseph Ames
Date:
1810
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Credit: Typographical antiquities; or the history of printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / Begun by the late Joseph Ames, F.R. & A.SS. Considerably augmented by William Herbert, of Cheshunt, Herts; And now greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings; comprehending the history of English literature, and view of the progress of the art of engraving, in Great Britain; by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    In fine, the Editor can honestly assure his readers, that neither pains, labour, nor expense have been spared—in vi- siting the two Universities, and other public repositories of books—and in the number and variety of plates—(which have increased far beyond the original design) to render this volume deserving of their approbation, and of the au- spices under which it is published. A great deal of curious and apposite matter has been thrown into the notes, in order to avoid swelling the book to an unnecessary size. If the letter of the text had been more generally adopted, and the work had been printed in the modern broad-margin style, the reader need not be told that two volumes would hardly have contained the matter which is here submitted to his consideration. In the i General Preface/ to be published with the last volume, the Editor will not fail to express the parti- cular obligations he has been under to those literary friends and acquaintances, who have assisted him with information in the course of his arduous undertaking : an undertaking, the nature and end of which he has endeavoured fully to comprehend, and rationally to anticipate: towards the creditable completion of which, much time, care, and la- bour are requisite, with no small portion of health and animal spirits. The latter are in the dispensation of Providence: the former it is in human power to manage and apply. ‘ To wot thy and impartial men in parti- cular’ * as Hearne has observed, this appeal, as well as * [“ homiiiibus speciatim bonis, minusque corruptis acpartibus deditis] Johan- nes de Trokelowe. Frafat. p. xvi. 2